how soon will they be available. banning tiktok? why the secretary of state says if you download the popular social media app you are giving your personal information to the unt chinese governnt. fourth of july hate crimes? >> let him go. >> o'donnell: investigators tonight are looking into this disturbing incident, where a black man says a group of white men threatened him with a noose. a family divided, the tell-all book by the president's niece, why she says his re-election would threaten the world. and we end tonight with an epic game of bingo that may not replace graduation, but could come close. this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting omhe nion's capi the nation's capital.d thank you for joining us. ng,re going to begin tonight and thank you for joining us. we're going to begin tonight with breaking news and that dire new projection showing

coronavirus could kill 200,000 americans by november 1st. that new prediction from one of the leading models used by the white house, comes as new infections of covid-19 are odploding nationwide. in what feels like a flashback to the early days of the pandemic, intensive care units in more than 50 florida hospitals are now full. in texas, new cases and hospitalizations are hitting record highs, with 10,000 new infections reported there today alone. tonight the military is sending medical personnel to san antonio to support overworked doctors rt overworked doctors and nurses. and with tho and with those long lines for testing growing even longer, the trump administration now says it is opening short-term test sites in three hard hit southern cities, hoping to screen 15,000 people a day. in the meantime, a new study out tonight says half of coronavirus infections are due to silent spreading from people who are sick and don't know it. the country's leading infectious

disease doctor, anthony fauci said he is in favor of states mandating masks. and that new model showing 200,000 deaths predicts that nearly 50,000 lives would be saved in the u.s. by wearing them. for his part, president trump appeared to acknowledge none of that today, saying he pressured governors to reopen school this fall. the white house also said it's pulling out of the world health organization. there's a lot of reporting to get to tonight, and our team of correspondents is standing by. cbs's david begnaud will lead off our coverage from miami. odod evening, david. >> reporter: good evening, norah. from jackson memorial hospital where the wait time to get an i.c.u. bed can be at times up to 24 hours. they are busy. but they also need more staff. they have been trying to recruit people, but it's tough. so today florida's governor came here to miami to announce that 100 nurses who work and live elsewhere in the state are being redirected here to miami to help out.

tonight, i.c.u.'s in more than 40 hospitals across the state of florida are at capacity, including three in the baptist health system. >> we don't have the staffing, the nurses have been working relentlessly for over two weeks. and that leads to burnout. that leads to stress. >> reporter: as cases surge, one miami hospital is now going to be turned into a 150 bed dedicated covid-19 nursing home. despite the rising cases daily, florida is requiring that public schools reopen next month. today, dr. anthony fauci said schools will need to get creative. >> it's not going to be a one size fitdified schedul things like masks at all tim. things like alternating morning, afternoon. decreasing the size and the space between desks. >> reporter: today for the first time, texas crossed 10,000 new cases in a single day. >> it feels like someone stabbing you in your side when you try to inhale.

>> reporter: pattie peterson is a single mom raising two daughters and her niece. the 29 year old nurse tested positive for the virus and she is in a critical care unit since last week. >> you know everyone is saying it is blown out of proportion until you are the person laying in c.c.u. who has no contact with anybody, and you are helpless. >> reporter: there's a new study out that shows asymptomatic carriers are responsible for the transmission of half of the coronavirus cases. >> you could inadvertently and innocently affect someone who is really vulnerable. >> reporter: back here in miami yet again.has reversed course he is now allowing gyms to stay open and restaurants that were slated to close tomorrow, can continue with outdoor dining. >> it is better than nothing. i am hoping the guests can understand the situation about social distancing. this is the new rules and we'll see how it goes. >> reporter: david begnaud, cbs news, miami.

>> reporter: this is jaime yuccas in los angeles where the wait to get tested can take anurs. that is the case at this covid testing site at dodger stadium and across the country where delayed results are also a problem. emergency room doctors and nurses say they are running critically low on personal protective equipment, again. among the state's most overwhelmed, arizona, tucson mayor regina romero. >> we have here in about a week, two weeks at the most, of supplies of p.p.e., so that concern is still very real. >> reporter: you see video of people in line for hours in hundred degree heat. >> we should have testing and tracing strategy already down pat. and we don't. >> we can't give up. we just cannot give up. >> reporter: former arizona health director will humble director will humble agr agrees. >> the demand for the testing is

far outstripping the supply available. the turn around time for our testing in arizona is really bad. >> reporter: back in california, the state assembly session delayed and the capitol forced to close after lawmaker autumn burke tested positive. >> i was shocked and honestly heartbroken. >> reporter: here in california the state is testing more than 100,000 people a day. at this site in los angeles, the online appointments are booked itlid and it is taking about 90 minutes to get through this drive thru, norah? >> o'donnell: jamie yuccas tonight, thank you. and tonight maryland biotech company novavax is in the hunt for a covid-19 vaccine and it's getting a major dose of funding from the government's warp speed program which is now committing $2 billion to that potential vaccine program and another possible antibody treatment. cbs news' chief medical correspondent dr. jon lapook

continues our series, "racing to a cure." >> reporter: it is the government's biggest bet yet on the race to find a vaccine for the coronavirus. as part of the u.s. government's operation warp speed program, novavax is getting $1.6 billion to manufacture 100 million doses. but with a vaccine still if trial, there is no guarantee it will work. >> if one of those vaccines doesn't turn out to be safe and effective, you have to throw out all of those doses that were made. >> the risk we are taking is to gain months so we will be able o have it ready. and if we lose that, we are only losing money. si reporter: dr. anthony fauci says this is not like a measles vaccine which usually lasts for many years. >> we may need a boost to continue the protection, but right now we do not know how long it lasts. >> reporter: vaccines stimulate the body to make infection- fighting proteins called antibodies. another approach is to create ibsigner antibodies in the lab. ke they're just trying to make

very functional antibody that neutralizes the virus. >> reporter: today the government announced a $450 million contract with regeneron to manufacture a double antibody cocktail. the company plans to see if the treatment helps patients infected with covid-19 or if it prevents infection in people exposed to the virus. dr. jon lapook, cbs news, south shaftsbury, vermont. >> o'donnell: today president trump says he wants schools open in the fall and that local officials who keep them closed are only doing it for political ng it for political this as the nation's top infectious disease expert pushes back on the president's claim of progress in the fight against the pandemic. cbs's ben tracy is at the white house tonight, good evening, ben. >> reporter: good evening, norah, today first lady melania trump weighed in on the school debate, saying that kids with disabilities or unsafe homes, that staying home can be dangerous too. and president trump continues to downplay the threat of the virus president trump says when it comes to coronavirus, things are actually getting better.

>> deaths are way down from this horrible china virus. >> rr: hmst despite the rising number of cases, we have the lowest mortality rate in the world. but we actually have the 7th highest death rate of the 20 most affected countries. according to johns hopkins university. dr. anthony fauci says while the death rate has dropped, president trump's argument which he has made repeatedly in recent weeks, is not a good one. >> it is a false narrative to take comfort in a lower rate of death, there are so many other things that are very dangerous and bad about this virus. don't get yourself into false complacency. >> reporter: at the white house today, president trump left no doubt he will demand schools reopen nationwide this fall. >> we're very much going to put pressure on governors and everybody else to open the schools. we're not closing, we'll never close. >> reporter: that's causing concern among some national education leaders. >> i dare him to sit at the back of that classroom and breathe

the air of those little kids and sit there for seven hours a day, five days a week, and then take whatever they sneeze all over him back home. we have to do this right. or people are going to die. >> reporter: president trump is also under fire from his hinhed, a division of viacom-cbs, she describes a man with sociopathic tendencies and claims he cheated on his college entrance exams. the president's sister, a former federal judge named mary ann trump, says that the president only goes to church when the cameras are around and that he has no principles. the trump family did try to block publication of this book. the white house is pushing back tonight, calling it a book of falsehoods, norah. >> o'donnell: ben tracy at the white house, thank you. well, tonight the f.b.i. is investigating a caught on camera confrontation as a possible hate crime. vauhxx booker who was black said

he was assaulted and threatened th a noose as he walked withth friends last weekend. a word of warning, parts of the video are offensive. cbs's jericka duncan reports. >> let him go, dude, let him go. >> reporter: 36 year old vauhxx booker says he feared for his life after a group of white men pinned him against a tree and assaulted him. it happened in bloomington, indiana, while he and his friends were planning to spend fourth of july at lake monroe. >> they say that they were going to break my arm, as one of them literally had my arm twisted behind me. >> reporter: booker had said one of the men threatened to kill him. >> one of them said get a noose, not get a rope but literally get a noose. >> reporter: bystanders video taped the incident. once booker was let go, his attackers hurled more racial insults at him. >> what do you really want it call me. >> you nappy headed. >> reporter: there was a moment saying you know you want to say it, so say it. >> you could feel the hate coming off these folks.

.eople needed to witness that. people needed to see that we aren't in a post-racial america, that racism is still there. >> reporter: booker's friend tried top. >> and they seemed entertained by the idea of killing him. >> reporter: booker walked away with minor injuries but he says it is the scars you can't see that hurt the most. how was your mental health right now? >> i'm going to take this energy and take this moment to make sure that this change comes from this. >> reporter: and there was another protest tonight in bloomington, indiana, in support of vauhxx booker. this after yesterday's protest turned violent when someone sped turned violent when so through a crowd and injured two people. people. tonight the may tonight, the mayor tells me they are still looking for that driver. norah? >> o'donnell: all right, jericka hancan, thank you. and on the eve of major league soccer's season opener, the first match was postponed today

after five players from the national soccer club tested positive for covid-19. mhe team from dallas withdrew from the tournament on monday after ten players tested positive. and as cbs's dana jacobson reports, other professional leagues are also ramping up and watching nervously. >> reporter: the n.b.a. season is one step closer to resuming with teams like the orlando magic arriving at walt disney world today where practices and games will be held. 25 players have reportedly tested positive for coronavirus and were held back. n.b.a. commissioner adam silver. >> we're going to be doing daily testing. and incidentally, when our players are not playing which is the vast majority of time they are there, they will be observing physical distancing and wearing masks. >> reporter: as for major league baseball, teams are proceeding cautiously. cleveland indians outfielder franmill reyes was taken out of training camp after attending a fourth of july party while not wearing a mask. >> we called him and told him

that he needs to test again before we can let him back to practice. >> reporter: last year's world series teams the houston astros and washington nationals both resumed their practices today after canceling them due to delays in covid testing. >> i'm the caretaker for these guys, these are my guys, i couldn't live with myself if we went on haphazardly. >> reporter: nationals pitcher sean doolittle says if fans want to see baseball return, they need to do their part like wearing masks. >> we've waited long enough, like shouldn't sports come back now, no, there are things we have to do in order to bring the stuff back. >> reporter: to bring the n.f.l. back, the league and its players are at odds. the n.f.l. cut its preseason games from four to two last week. but the players association has unanimously voted that it wants to cancel all preseason games in 2020. news,acobson, cbs news, boston. >> o'donnell: tonight we have weather for you, a dangerous heat is threatening more than 200 million americans, folks in

the upper midwest and great lakes region will be sweltering tomorrow and thursday in detroit is expected to feel like 100 degrees. the southwest is expected to sizzle this weekend, phoenix is bracing for a record high 116 degrees on sunday. and there is still much more news ahead on tonight's "cbs enening news," including why a wildly popular app used by millions of americans may soon he banned in this country. and look at the severe damage on the front of this delta jet, so bad it had to divert. tonight we're learning what arning what caused it. and later, this is not your grandma's bingo-- why these 20- something's have become enthusiastic players. players.

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good night. this is the "cbs overnight news." >> i'm chip reid reporting from the cbs studios in washington. thanks for staying with us. fans or major league be able are counting the days until the start of the season in just over two weeks. a growing number of coaches and players are testing positive for the coronavirus and they're still in spring training. that's raising doubts that baseball or any sport can begin play this summer. dana jacobson is following the race to the field. >> for baseball fans, the crack of a bat, even in practice, is a

welcome sound. after a four-month delay, new issues with testing continue to crop up, putting the idea of a normal inard --ksalciety. ltl pitches for the washington nationals. the raining champs and the houston astros cancelled their teams' workouts due to delays in testing. >> we can't have virus fatigue. it's been enough time, rights? we've waited long enough. shoonts sports come back? no. there's stuff we have to do in order to bring the stuff back. >> mike rizzo expressed concern in writing kboit we will not sacrifice the health and safety of our players, staff, and families" major league baseball needs to work quickly. otherwise summer catch and the 2020 are at risk."

that risk is evident across the sports happenedscape as players from all four major league sports and major league soccer have tested positive for the virus. nick markakis is one of the latest to announce he's opting out of maying this season after teammate freddie freeman tested positive. >> the way he sounded on the phone opened my eyes. didn't sont good. >> the dallas franchise said it will not play. ten players and one coach tested positive after the team arrived there last month. and at least six nba teams have shuttered their practice facilities after a string of their players and staff tested positive. >> i see wld where sports beyond what's already back are able to come back. >> this is an epidemiologist at emory university. he said withoutes